Training Log Archive: TomN

U.S. Nationals Sprint Green. We got there really late, drove to the start, and were the last two starters, right around 4 p.m. I was looking forward to this. I prefer a park sprint to an urban sprint, maybe because I get confused with a lot of little changes of direction. I managed to figure out the tricky stuff with the bridges, fences, and underpasses without too much time-wasting. My inclination was to get over to whatever side the next control was on as soon as possible. Unfortunately, I lost a lot of time at #2 because I couldn't grasp the idea that it might be under the bridge. That might have pulled me down a place, but as it was I was 3rd in M60.

Sprint Green - Splits

Test-running a course at Hemlock. The run was a few minutes long because of some time spent checking stuff out. Then spent some time talking over vetting strategy with Sam L.

Event: QOC Swanson Road
 

QOC Swanson Road Red. Botched up 2 legs, not a terrific showing. Hard to say what went wrong, but not paying enough attention to compass is a leading candidate. It's a new compass, and in my mind that made it untrustworthy. In fact, it wasn't, but the contours were.

Helped pick up controls. In an effort to settle the new compass issue, I repeated one of the legs I messed up using only a compass bearing from the attack point. It worked fine.

Red - Splits